We didn't really get a chance to look round Nabburg - I meant to take a picture of the old town, which looked spectacular, but on a very steep hillside, and I really didn't want to wear myself out before tomorrow.
As we didn't have all that far to go today, and the reception at this campsite is open until 21:00, we decided to break our journey in Plzeň and have a look round the town. The last time we were there, in 2013, it was far too hot to be enjoyable, and all I remember is looking round the Cathedral in the cool, and having lunch in a shaded garden (I think I found the place), and also visiting a large Tesco and buying an enormous floppy hat and some sandals as mine had demised. Today, the weather was just perfect.
Our first port of call was a REWE in Nabburg, where I did some shopping - they had Federweisser, which I always love at this time of year. Then we headed on, and it was not long before we crossed the border into Czechia. The motorway to Plzeň was simply horrible - concrete slabs, and it juddered over every join until, in the words of Kipling, our "teeth thuttered"!
Park4Night told us of a car park in the centre of Plzeň that was only a couple of minutes from everything, so we had lunch and then a lovely walk round, seeing things like the Great Synagogue (I should have liked to have gone in, but the SW thought we couldn't afford the 80 Czf they wanted - all of £2.65 each, what will he do if we want to go to another museum tomorrow? But I suppose he didn't really want to see it, so I had to say I didn't. Anyway, we walked down and found a beautiful park with a statue of the musician Bedrich Smetana (I thought that was sour cream!) and one or two other worthies, and then back to the main square with the Cathedral and Rathaus, or whatever they call it here. Photos on Facebook, as per usual.
Then we came back to the WoMo and had a cup of tea - I had iced tea - before heading on a much nicer motorway to Prague, and specifically the suburb of Troja where this campsite is. We have been here before, and the proprietor had obviously looked up that we had and pretended to remember us.
The Swan Whisperer went for a walk, and I read for awhile, and then got supper, but found I wasn't hungry at all, so the SW ate most of mine. However, two glasses of Sekt have gone down very nicely - thoroughly greedy, but we wanted to finish it so we can start the Federweisser tomorrow!
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